JWST: Cat’s Paw Nebula Type:Fine Art (Matte) A Historical Legacy Now Captured

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JWST: Cat’s Paw Nebula Type:Fine Art (Matte) A Historical Legacy Now CapturedTo celebrate the NASA ESA CSA James Webb Space Telescopes third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the telescope to scratch beyond the surface of the Cats Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive, local star forming region. This area is of great interest to scientists, having been subject to previous study by NASAs Hubble and retired Spitzer space telescopes, as they seek to understand the multiple steps required for a turbulent molecular